lordly
/ˈlɔːdli
/adjective (lordlier, lordliest)
Of, characteristic of, or suitable for a lord: lordly titles they were putting on lordly airs...
- Peasants could be the clients or followers of lords too: they could seek to exploit lordly power, not just resist it or evade it.
- To save his cash increase, he instead bought a two-acre parcel of land in Vancouver Island, near a luxury retirement village, and built himself a castle surrounded by a lordly, spacious, wilderness landscape.
- The lordly jet-set singer was on his first tour for five years, playing what he called ‘a civilised alternative to Wembley’.
Synonyms
noble, aristocratic, princely, kingly, regal, royal, imperial, courtly, stately;
magnificent, majestic, grand, august, lofty, exalted, dignified, imposing, impressive
Derivatives
lordliness
/ noun ...- The second section explores contrasting divine attributes in ways that put their relationship to the soul's condition on good display (God's serenity and creativity, self-sufficiency and faithfulness, lordliness and lowliness).
- Gallic lordliness on all matters great and small isn't really sustained by the historical record.
- It is the town of lordliness, absolute harmony and alternations.
Origin
Old English hlāfordlic (see lord, -ly1).